Tessa Davies
English set decorator
About Tessa Davies
Lived 1940 – 1988 (aged 47–48). Tessa Davies was a set decorator.
Tessa Davies (1940 – 1 June 1988) was an English set decorator. She carried the suffix MCSD as she was a member of the Chartered Society of Designers. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Yentl. She was bludgeoned to death.
Selected filmography Yentl (1983)
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Who was Tessa Davies?
English set decorator
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Tessa Davies was born in 1940.
When did Tessa Davies die?
Tessa Davies died on 1 June 1988 in Frogmill Spinney.
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Tessa Davies was a set decorator.
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